The Center for Asia Pacific Aviation, an independent aviation research group based in Sydney, Australia, said it remained unclear whether the closure of much of Europe’s airspace was ”a massive overreaction of super-cautious politicians and bureaucrats,” or a genuinely serious event.
The group noted that a similar eruption under a glacier in Iceland in the 1990s, led to minimal disruption, with flights routed around the area.
”It certainly did not lead to region-wide closures of air space. Such has the paranoia around safety and security grown since September 11,” the center said in a statement.
Kirjutab New York Times. Artikkel toob välja ka mitmed katselennud (Lufthansa, KLM, Air France), kus mingeid probleeme pole esinenud. Katselennud jätkuvad ja kui tulemused jäävad samaks, siis suureneb surve õhuruumi avamiseks nii lennufirmade kui sadade tuhandete reisijate poolt.
Mõned märkimist väärivad seigad veel. EasyJet on ühena vähestest ka natuke olukorra finantsmõju valgustanud ja mõista andnud, et neil hakkavad esimesed tõsisemad probleemid rahavoogudega tekkima kaks nädalat pärast lennukeeldu. Osad väidavad, et inimesi hakatakse vallandama alates teisipäevast kui olukord ei muutu. Logistikale hakkab taoline olukord samuti varsti mõju avaldama:
Meanwhile, shoppers were warned some types of imported fruit and vegetables could soon be in short supply. “The question now is what happens on Monday, a full business day?” asked Christopher Snelling of the Freight Transport Association. “There are no shortages yet, but we may start to see certain ranges affected if this carries on.”
Mulle tundub, et enne kui mõni lennuk alla kukub ja seda tuhapilvest tingitud põhjustel, läheb õhuruumi suletuna hoidmine ainult keerulisemaks. Samal ajal jääb igati arvestatavaks võimalus, et õhuruum jääb enamuses Euroopast suletuks terveks suveks kui mitte veel kauemaks. Kahjuks on aga Kreeka, Itaalia, Hispaania ja Portugal riigid, mis taolises olukorras peavad tõsiselt hakkama mõtlema, millist mõju avaldab olukord turismile. Kreeka SKT’st moodustab turism umbes 15% ja Hispaania omast umbes 10%.
Esmaspäeval on põhjust aktsia- ja finantsturge tavalisest terasema pilguga jälgida.
Kas Euroopa õhuruumi laiaulatuslik sulgemine on üleliigne? kommenteerimine on välja lülitatud
Starki jutu võib lühidalt kokku võtta järgmiselt. Kuigi Eesti täidab Maastrichti kriteeriumid, kuigi Eestil on valuutakomitee, kuigi Eestis paljud juba kasutavad eurot, pole meie riik ikkagi eurokõlblik. Vähemalt praegu mitte. Euroala liikmelisusele on vaja uusi täiendavaid kriteeriume, näiteks võiks arvesse võtta sisemajanduse kogutoodangu ühe elaniku kohta. Kas Starki juttu võtta kahtluste, skeptitsismi või lausa vastuseisuna Eesti euroliikmelisusele, on tõlgendamise küsimus. Kuna istung oli kinnine, avalikkusele mitte mõeldud mõttevahetus, siis keegi seda eriti kommenteerida ei taha.
Edward Hugh toob kirjutatu sisu kenasti ka natuke teistsuguse lugejaskonnani ning ühtlasi patsutab endale varasemate tähelepanekute eest õlale.
Huvitav ja võimalik, kuid kas ka tõenäoline?
Mina näen praegust olukorda kui tasakaalu leidmise protsessi rahvuslike ja euroopalike suundumuste vahel erinevates institutsioonides. Komisjon on peale finantskriisi kuidagi tagataustale taandatud ja ühegi suurem eurosaavutusega pole suudetud silma paista. Jah, mõned uued ametipostid koos Lissaboni lepinguga tulid, aga see nagu olekski kõik. Kui kitsalt rahaliitu vaadata ja seda peamiselt sakslase pilguga, siis tahaks tõesti ettevaatlikum olla ja võib-olla Eestile täiendavaid kriteeriume seada, kuid eurooplase pilk peaks olema laiem.
Kui Eestile sisuliselt viimasel hetkel teatatakse, et asjata pingutasite, sest seoses Kreekas toimuvaga ei saa teile liitumist võimaldada, siis peab selleks olema häid argumente. Jätkusuutlikkus on piisavalt ebamäärane, et ainult sellele toetuda ei saa. See jätaks ülejäänud potentsiaalsed liitujad samuti rumalasse olukorda, sest kriteeriumite täitmisega ei kaasne mingit kindlust samas kui nende saavutamiseks on vajalikud poliitilised ohverdused. Ühtlasi seab see osade riikide huvid teiste omadest kõrgemale Euroopa Liidus tervikuna, mis võib aga Euroopa Liidule saatuslikuks osutuda.
Hiljuti Financial Times’is ilmunud pikem lugu Germany: A shifting Weltanschauung valgustab, kuidas sakslaste hoiakud on muutunud ja millises suunas:
“The new Bundestag [elected last September] is full of 35-year-olds who have never looked at the Maastricht treaty. The concept of ever-closer union [in the EU] has gone for large parts of the political establishment. What members of parliament care about is whether the German language is used in EU institutions. They say: ‘We put a lot of money into the EU, so why shouldn’t we speak German there?”
She sees a similar trend in Karlsruhe. “The law community is the most important elite community in Germany. They have turned anti-European. The problem is not the general population. It’s the elites who no longer carry the [European] project.”
On that score, she is more alarmed than most German commentators. As the representative of a generation brought up to refer to her country as the “Federal Republic” rather than “Germany”, she perceives a creeping nationalism, although she admits it is not an aggressive one. “I am not saying it’s not normal, but there’s a huge change in political perceptions.”
“The new Bundestag [elected last September] is full of 35-year-olds who have never looked at the Maastricht treaty. The concept of ever-closer union [in the EU] has gone for large parts of the political establishment. What members of parliament care about is whether the German language is used in EU institutions. They say: ‘We put a lot of money into the EU, so why shouldn’t we speak German there?”
She sees a similar trend in Karlsruhe. “The law community is the most important elite community in Germany. They have turned anti-European. The problem is not the general population. It’s the elites who no longer carry the [European] project.”
On that score, she is more alarmed than most German commentators. As the representative of a generation brought up to refer to her country as the “Federal Republic” rather than “Germany”, she perceives a creeping nationalism, although she admits it is not an aggressive one. “I am not saying it’s not normal, but there’s a huge change in political perceptions.”
Eelnevast ei tasu aga teha liigseid järeldusi Eestile.
Eesti on ajanud üpris konservatiivset eelarve poliitikat, Eesti raha on seotud olnud Saksamaal käibel oleva rahaga enamuse taasiseseisvuse järgsest ajast ja meie väiksuse tõttu ei kujuta Eesti rahaliidule mingit ohtu. Ühtlasi tundub mulle, et Eesti lubamine rahaliitu mõjutaks terve Ida-Euroopa meelestatust, mis siis et tagasihoidlikult. Eesti rahaliiduga liitumise sümboolsus avaldaks pigem positiivset mõju samas kui takistuste tegemine avaldaks pigem negatiivset mõju.
Minu tagasihoidlik arvamus on, et Komisjon kasutab võimalust enda võimu natuke kehtestada ja annab Eestile heakskiidu rahaliiduga liitumiseks ja ECB lubab seda, sest sellest on rohkem võita kui kaotada.
A generation ago, when people made the choice to switch to plastic, credit cards did not just replicate cash; they fundamentally changed how we used money. The ease with which people could make purchases encouraged them to buy much more than they had in the past. Entrepreneurs suddenly had access to easy — though high-interest — loans, providing a spark to the economy. Now, while it may be hard to predict what innovations PayPal’s platform will enable, it’s safe to say that the payment industry is going to change dramatically. As money becomes completely digitized, infinitely transferable, and friction-free, it will again revolutionize how we think about our economy.
Eraldi küsimus loomulikult, kas pangad lasevad sellel juhtuda. Rahapesu ja organiseeritud kuritegevus on piisavad argumendid, et agiteerida riigiesindajate jõulisemat sekkumist, kuid ühestki riigist sõltumatu raha on sellele vaatamata silmapiiril.
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Endless Oil – satun olema üks nendest inimestest, kes ei arva, et nafta lähima saja aasta jooksul otsa saab (postitus 2005. aastast ja postitus 2008. aastast). Põhjuseks on hinnad, mis suunavad ja informeerivad – ühelt poolt leidma alternatiive ja teiselt poolt kasutusel võtma uusi tehnoloogiaid, mis ennast kõrgemate hindade juures õigustavad. BusinessWeek heitis hiljuti üpris optimistliku pilgu naftaga varustamise tulevikku:
Schoonebeek will not flood the world with crude. But its success presents a stiff challenge to those who argue that oil production is in irreversible decline. Consumer demand, technology, and global politics are shifting in a way that could spell a future of oil abundance, not of catastrophic dearth. As Leonardo Maugeri, a senior executive at Italian oil major ENI (E), puts it: “There will be enough oil for at least 100 years.”
Many analysts and industry executives have little doubt that there’s plenty of oil in the ground. “Only about 32% of the oil [in reserves] is produced,” says Val Brock, Shell’s head of business development for enhanced oil recovery. Shell estimates 300 billion barrels and maybe more might be squeezed out of existing fields, much of it once thought beyond retrieval. Peter Jackson, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates’ London-based senior director for oil industry activity, has reviewed data from the world’s biggest fields. His conclusion: 60% of their reserves remain available.
The fact that there’s still oil for the taking is driving Shell and other majors to come up with new technologies, which are expensive to develop but worth it when crude is riding high. While the price has fallen considerably from the peak of $147 per barrel in 2008, it is still far above what many oilmen expected a few years ago. “You will see companies going into the deep water, going into the arctic, using the best technology,” says Maugeri, who sees the oil industry as a dynamic system that responds rapidly to changes in the economic and political environment.
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Gravity Emerges from Quantum Information, Say Physicists – gravitatsioon kui kvantinformatsioonist esile kerkiv (emergent) nähtus on piisav kõva pähkel, et seda mitte rohkem lahti seletada vaid soovitada artiklit, mis pakub välja uue viisi gravitatsioonist mõtlemiseks:
One of the hottest new ideas in physics is that gravity is an emergent phenomena; that it somehow arises from the complex interaction of simpler things.
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Some physicists are convinced that the properties of information do not come from the behaviour of information carriers such as photons and electrons but the other way round. They think that information itself is the ghostly bedrock on which our universe is built.
Arvestades 19. sajandi füüsika mõju majandusteadusele võib vahelduseks juhtuda, et majandusteadusel on midagi füüsikale pakkuda. Üpris lihtsatele reeglitele allutatud indiviidide vaheline kaubandus, mis viib turgude kui esile kerkiva nähtusteni, on ikkagi hulgaliselt tähelepanu pälvinud.
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Up from Slavery – tõenäoliselt ei igatse keegi Eestis taga sajanditetagust “vabaduse kuldajastut”, kuid USA’s on see tendents kahetsusväärselt levinud liberaalsema maailmavaatega inimeste seas. Hiljuti tuletas David Boaz meelde, et mingit põhjust ei ole ignoreerida osade inimeste vabaduste ulatusliku piiramist:
I’ve probably been guilty of similar thoughtless and ahistorical exhortations of our glorious libertarian past. And I’m entirely in sympathy with Hornberger’s preference for a world without an alphabet soup of federal agencies, transfer programs, drug laws, and so on. But I think this historical perspective is wrong. No doubt one of the reasons that libertarians haven’t persuaded as many people as we’d like is that a lot of Americans don’t think we’re on the road to serfdom, don’t feel that we’ve lost all our freedoms. And in particular, if we want to attract people who are not straight white men to the libertarian cause, we’d better stop talking as if we think the straight white male perspective is the only one that matters. For the past 70 years or so conservatives have opposed the demands for equal respect and equal rights by Jews, blacks, women, and gay people. Libertarians have not opposed those appeals for freedom, but too often we (or our forebears) paid too little attention to them. And one of the ways we do that is by saying “Americans used to be free, but now we’re not”—which is a historical argument that doesn’t ring true to an awful lot of Jewish, black, female, and gay Americans.
One of the hottest new ideas in physics is that gravity is an emergent phenomena; that it somehow arises from the complex interaction of simpler things.
. . .
Some physicists are convinced that the properties of information do not come from the behaviour of information carriers such as photons and electrons but the other way round. They think that information itself is the ghostly bedrock on which our universe is built.
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The ‘Great’ Roubini: Wrong Again and Again – Nouriel Roubinist ilmus pärast finantskriisi hulgaliselt artikleid ja tema enda kirjutatu pälvis hulgaliselt tähelepanu, kuid nüüd kus olukord on stabiliseerumas ei ole Roubini padupessimism enam sugugi nii tabav. Prohvetist on saanud kõigest veel üks tõekuulutaja paljude teiste sarnaste seas:
Except that the credit dominos lined up in Roubini’s mind never fell. Delinquencies on all classes of debt did indeed rise last year, as one would expect in a recession. But the deterioration never came close to triggering the mass insolvency Roubini expected. Corporate debt in particular was never remotely stressed. Most recently, card, auto, and mortgages have all shown clear signs of improvement—exactly what you’d expect at the start of an economic recovery. Commercial real estate remains a challenge, but doesn’t figure to be a rerun of subprime. Roubini got it all wrong.
Someone needs to finance Greece’s budget deficit, and roll over their debt, for 3 or more years. Markets would undoubtedly be concerned by sharp output declines and ongoing strikes. The only solution would be for the EU and IMF to step up, and effectively guarantee three years of financing needs, or $150bn in total. That is seven times the whisper numbers that the European Union is currently considering providing to Greece.
Baseline Scenario pakub välja kolm valikut Kreekale koos kirjeldusega tagajärgedest. Kui isiklikud, riiklikud ja institutsionaalsed huvid ei haaku vaid on kohati lausa vastandlikud, siis miski või keegi peab järgi andma.
The Boy Who Grew up to be Chalres Manson’s Son – adopteeritud lapsest sirgus piinatud muusik, kes hakkas sõbranna utsitamisel tõsisemat huvi tundma enda bioloogiliste vanemate vastu. Eraklik ja natuke ära pööranud ema ütles mehele, et tema isa on ühe San Francisco orgia tagajärjel tõenäoliselt Charles Manson. DNA testi pole tehtud ja mehe enda plaanidega sobib taoline versioon natuke liiga hästi…aga huvitav mõtteeksperiment sellegi poolest.
Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World’s Most Ingenious Thief – see on ainult aja küsimus, millal Gerald Blanchard’i seiklustest film valmib. Ambitsioonikad röövid, detailideni planeeritud vargused, mitmekülgsed pettused, glamuurne härrasmees-varga elu koos põneva kulminatsiooniga on kõigest tagasihoidlik visand mehe saavutustest. Kes artikli lugemises kahtleb, siis äkki veenab 3-minutiline uudis lugu. Kusjuures pärast miljonite dollarite röövimist veetis mees vaid 2 aastat vanglas ja tõenäoliselt töötab täna mõnes turvakonsultatsioonifirmas.
On Battlefields, Survival Odds Rise – kohati võigas ja masendav lugu meedikute tööst Afganistanis, kust selgub, et lahingus haavata saanul on täna ellu jäämise tõenäosus 95% kandis…seda eeldusel, et ta enne meedikuteni jõudmist verest tühjaks ei jookse. Vaatamata traagikale, mis iga sõjaga kaasneb, on meedikud teinud uusi läbimurdeid, mida kasutatakse aktiivselt halvima ära hoidmiseks. Ilmselt hakkab mingil hetkel lahinguväljal kogutud tarkus ka tsiviilkasutusse imbuma.
The Real New Deal: Politics, Truth and Trust in the 1930s – majandusajaloolane John Nye üritab selgitada impersonaalse usalduse rolli järjest ulatuslikumatele abstraktsustele (juriidiline isik, finantssüsteem, kaubandus) põhinevas majanduskeskkonnas. Ühtlasi heidab Nye pilgu inimeste ootustele 20. sajandi alguses ja nende kapitalismisallivusele pideva heaolu kasvu tingimustes vaatamata sügavalt juurdunud kalduvusele impersonaalset kaubavahetust mitte usaldada. FDR’i ümber kootud narratiiv ei jää samuti tähelepanuta.
From Lithuania, a View of Austerity’s Costs – kuigi Delfis on eraldi osa pühendatud meie lähinaabrite uudistele, siis on need enamasti sensatsioonilise maiguga ja lühemat sorti. Märksa huvitavam on aga lugeda, kuidas näiteks New York Times kajastab leedulaste eelarve kärpeid, karmi majandusolukorda, vähenevaid palkasid ja kasvavat töötust. Minule jäi artiklit lugedes mulje, et autor mõistab kärbete vajalikust ja on meeldivalt üllatunud inimeste kannatlikkusest tingimustes, mida ühel või teisel põhjusel usinamalt poliitvõitluses ära ei kasutata.
Death and social media: what happens to your life online? – mind on see küsimus juba pikemat aega huvitanud, kuid nüüd, kus peaaegu igal inimesel on mingi lehekülg veebis (loe: konto mõnes sotsiaalvõrgustikus), on küsimus varasemast teravamalt esile kerkinud. Ars Technica on võtnud kätte ja üritanud vähemalt suuremate ja populaarsemate keskkondade puhul mingi vastuseni jõuda. Huvitav, kuigi natuke morbiidne.
Star Trek-style force-field armour being developed by military scientists – lihtsalt pidin selle uudise ära mainima, sest ta tundub sedavõrd ulmeline. Tõsi, tegu on pigem kontseptuaalse kui praktilise lahendusega, kuid aeg ja tehnoloogiline progress toovad ulmelised lahendused vaikselt, kuid kindlalt lähemale.
Huvitavaid artikleid nädalavahetuseks kommenteerimine on välja lülitatud
Sperrgebiet (German, meaning “Prohibited Area”) is a diamond mining area in south-western Namibia, in the Namib Desert. It spans the Atlantic Ocean-facing coast from Oranjemund on the border with South Africa, to around 45 miles north of Lüderitz, a distance of 320 km (200 miles) north. The Sperrgebiet makes up three percent of Namibia’s land mass. Mining only takes place in five percent of the Sperrgebiet, with most of the area acting as a buffer zone. Members of the public are banned from entering most of the area, despite the creation of a national park in 2004.
Claridge’s is a luxury hotel in Mayfair, central London. After the First World War, Claridge’s flourished due to demand from aristocrats who no longer maintained a London house, and under the leadership of Carte’s son, Rupert D’Oyly Carte, a new extension was built in the 1920s. Peter II of Yugoslavia and his wife spent much of the Second World War in exile at Claridge’s, and suite 212 was ceded by the United Kingdom to Yugoslavia for a single day (17 June 1945) to allow their heir, Crown Prince Alexander, to be born on Yugoslav soil.
Graham’s number, named after Ronald Graham, is a large number that is an upper bound on the solution to a certain problem in Ramsey theory. The number is unimaginably larger than other well-known large numbers such as a googol, googolplex, and even larger than Skewes’ number and Moser’s number. Indeed, the observable universe is far too small to contain an ordinary digital representation of Graham’s number, assuming that each digit occupies at least one Planck volume.
Highgate Cemetery is a cemetery located in Highgate, London, England. It soon became a fashionable place for burials and was much admired and visited. The Victorian attitude to death and its presentation led to the creation of a wealth of Gothic tombs and buildings. It occupies a spectacular south-facing hillside site slightly downhill from the top of the hill of Highgate itself. Although its most famous occupant in the east cemetery is probably Karl Marx (whose tomb’s attempted bombing in 1970 is still recalled by some Highgate residents), there are many other prominent figures, Victorian and otherwise, buried at Highgate Cemetery.
Juche Thought/Idea is the official state ideology of North Korea. It teaches that “man is the master of everything and decides everything,” and that the Korean people are the masters of Korea’s revolution. Juche is a component of Kimilsungism, North Korea’s political system. The word literally means “main body” or “subject”; it has also been translated in North Korean sources as “independent stand” and the “spirit of self-reliance”.
Pitot tube is a pressure measurement instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity. The pitot tube was invented by the French engineer Henri Pitot in the early 1700s and was modified to its modern form in the mid 1800s by French scientist Henry Darcy. It is widely used to determine the airspeed of an aircraft and to measure air and gas velocities in industrial applications.
Wikipedia eklektiline sügavus XIV kommenteerimine on välja lülitatud
Tallinna ettevõtlusameti juhataja Kairi Teniste pakkus kunstnike liidule välja, et nad võiksid soovi korral pöörduda Kesklinna valitsuse poole ning lähtuvalt kaubandustegevuse seadusest taotleda endale kaubanduse korraldaja registreering. See tähendab, et liit saab õiguse Pikas jalas ise soovijatele müügipileteid väljastada ning otsustada, keda lubada seal kunstiga kauplema.
Kuna tegu on avaliku ruumiga ei saa nõustuda ettevõtlusameti juhataja tõenäoliselt ajakirjaniku poolt puudulikult kajastatud seisukohaga, et ainuüksi kaubanduse korraldaja registreeringu taotlemisega on võimalik kunstnike liidul hakata määrama, kes ja millise tasu eest võib Pikas jalas kunsti müüa.
Ühtlasi palun täpsustada, et juhul kui tegu ei ole ajakirjaniku puuduliku kajastusega ettevõtlusameti juhataja seisukohtadest, siis kas Pikas jalas kauplemise korraldamiseks korraldatakse avalik konkurss? Kui jah, siis kuidas sellest avalikust teavitatakse?
Käesolevat kirja palun käsitleda teabenõudena vastavalt Avaliku teabe seadusele.
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Pika jala teemaline kiri Kesklinna halduskogule kommenteerimine on välja lülitatud
Kui Steve Jobs iPad’i tutvustas, siis esmamulje jättis natuke skeptiliseks. Samas tõin juba siis välja, et potentsiaali asjal on ning nagu Jaan kommentaarides kirjutas:
Jobs ei väsinud rõhutamast oma ettekandes, et seda peab ise käes hoidma ja proovima, et tõeliselt aru saada kui hea toode see on. Ma usun, et nii mõnigi kriitik sööb ise oma sõnad peale seda, kui on seda reaalselt kasutada saanud… ja seejärel omale koju soetanud.
Nüüd, kus iPad on massidesse jõudnud, on arvustuste ja kogemuste laviin valla pääsenud. Väike valik mõnedest arvamustest, arvustuste ja lihtsalt iPad’ist ajendatud artiklitest.
Ars Technica reviews the iPad – 18 lehekülge pilte, täheldusi, mõtteid ja soovitusi. Tasakaalukas ja põhjalik, kuid järeldusi saab ikkagi olla ainult üks:
Truthfully, this is device is one that can only really be understood by playing with it firsthand (we know, it took us more than 18,000 words to tell you that). No matter how many words get spilled on the iPad around the Web, there’s still no simple way to describe how it feels and how it’s different from a typical computing experience or a smartphone experience. Those of us on staff who were highly skeptical about the iPad before having touched it had a very different understanding of it afterward spending some serious time with it. This is likely to be the case with most users.
If people see the iPad mainly as an extra device to carry around, it will likely have limited appeal. If, however, they see it as a way to replace heavier, bulkier computers much of the time—for Web surfing, email, social-networking, video- and photo-viewing, gaming, music and even some light content creation—it could be a game changer the way Apple’s iPhone has been.
The iPad is qualitatively different, a whole new type of computer that, through a simple interface, can run more-sophisticated, PC-like software than a phone does, and whose large screen allows much more functionality when compared with a phone’s. But, because the iPad is a new type of computer, you have to feel it, to use it, to fully understand it and decide if it is for you, or whether, say, a netbook might do better.
The iPad is for readers – Laura Miller on Salon’i jaoks iPad’ist kirjutanud peamiselt lugeja pilgu läbi. Miller leiab, et iPad soodustab pikemate artiklite ja isegi teoste lugemist ning ülejäänud tõmblemine ei olegi eesmärk:
We are often urged to frown on devices that don’t prompt us to collaborate on and create — or at the very least comment on — all the amazing old and new things, from news reports to scientific studies, Web comics to video mash-ups, that proliferate online. It’s so undemocratic, so anti-DIY. So old paradigm.
But here’s the thing: Sometimes I don’t want to talk. Sometimes what I want is to listen, really listen, to what someone else has to say. I’ve managed, for example, to own a few iPods over the past 10 years — gadgets I use every day — without ever once missing the option of composing my own music on them. I can’t even remix music by other people, for crying out loud! Oppressively top-down, right? Only, I don’t care because I have no desire to ever try my hand at composing (the first thing I do with any new Mac is delete GarageBand). Nevertheless, the iPod has expanded and enhanced my appreciation of music, simply by giving me more opportunities to find and listen to it.
Perhaps the Modern Family writers are just huge Apple fanboys. In past episodes, MacBook Pros and iMacs do litter the background scenery, but there are no dialogue references to them, no linkage of Jobs and God, and no plot point centered on buying Apple hardware. Oh, and there’s a final indignity—when Apple doesn’t contribute to the production, all Apple hardware gets a nasty grey sticker slapped right over the iconic Apple logo.
Minu jaoks on iPad’i soetamine taandunud ühele küsimusele: kas 3G’ga või ilma?
“Tegelikult ütlevad mõned (presidendi)palee allikad, et tal on teatud kiindumus Afganistani tulusaimate ekspordiartiklite vastu,” märkis Galbraith, viidates Afganistani esikohale maailma heroiinitootjana. “See jätkuv sõnavaling tõstatab küsimusi tema vaimse stabiilsuse kohta ja ausalt öeldes tekitab see Kabulis diplomaatide seas muret.”
Loomulikult ei ole Karzai esindajad kommentaaridest hoidunud:
Karzai pressiesindaja Siamak Hirawi süüdistas täna Galbraithi valetamises. “Kuna ta on petis ja valevorst, saab sama öelda ka tema viimaste sõnade kohta,” ütles ta AFP-le. “Neid võib võtta näitena sellest, kuidas kõik, mis ta on seni Afganistani ja valimiste kohta öelnud, on olnud sulaselge vale.”
Ega ise kohapeal tegutsemata ei õnnestu tõele lähemale jõuda, kuid esimese hooga kipub tõenäoliselt enamus uskuma pigem ÜRO endist saadikut. Mis Afganistanis toimub on piisavalt kauge ja segane samas kui Karzai manööverdused viimastel valimistel olid enam kui kahtlased. Samas ei tea enamus Peter Galbright’ist midagi, kuid seda viga annab parandada.
Views of Mr. Galbraith’s business ties are harsh within the central Baghdad government, which has long maintained, in stark opposition to Mr. Galbraith’s interpretation of the Constitution, that all the oil contracts signed by the Kurdish government were illegal.
Referring to the Constitution negotiations, Abdul-Hadi al-Hassani, vice chairman of the oil and gas committee in the Iraqi Parliament, said that Mr. Galbraith’s “interference was not justified, illegal and not right, particularly because he is involved in a company where his financial interests have been merged with the political interest.”
Citing what he said were confidentiality agreements, Mr. Galbraith refused to give details of his financial arrangement with the company, and the precise nature of his compensation remains unknown. But several officials, including Mr. Galbraith’s business partner in the deal, the Norwegian businessman Endre Rosjo, said that in addition to whatever consulting fees the company paid, he and Mr. Galbraith were together granted rights to 10 percent of the large Tawke field and possibly others.
Views of Mr. Galbraith’s business ties are harsh within the central Baghdad government, which has long maintained, in stark opposition to Mr. Galbraith’s interpretation of the Constitution, that all the oil contracts signed by the Kurdish government were illegal.
Referring to the Constitution negotiations, Abdul-Hadi al-Hassani, vice chairman of the oil and gas committee in the Iraqi Parliament, said that Mr. Galbraith’s “interference was not justified, illegal and not right, particularly because he is involved in a company where his financial interests have been merged with the political interest.”
Citing what he said were confidentiality agreements, Mr. Galbraith refused to give details of his financial arrangement with the company, and the precise nature of his compensation remains unknown. But several officials, including Mr. Galbraith’s business partner in the deal, the Norwegian businessman Endre Rosjo, said that in addition to whatever consulting fees the company paid, he and Mr. Galbraith were together granted rights to 10 percent of the large Tawke field and possibly others.
Karzai võib olla heroiinisõltlane, kuid Galbright tundub olevat inimene, kelle öeldust ei tasu kergekäeliselt liigseid järeldusi teha.
Miks Galbright’i “vihjeid” ei tasu liiga tõsiselt võtta kommenteerimine on välja lülitatud
Jah, kümme postitust annab kokku parajalt pika essee ja statistika näitab, et tagasihoidliku lugejaskonnaga blogis on tervishoiu korraldamise üksikasjade vastu huvi tundvaid inimesi…vähe. Samas on teema piisavalt oluline ja debatt kahetsusväärselt ühekülgne, et leida aeg ja tahtmine puuduste välja toomiseks ja isegi esialgseks visandiks alternatiivist. Alati oleks võinud alternatiivsest lahendusest pikemalt kirjutada, kuid kes see seda lugeda tahab? Enamus tervishoiu korraldamisega seotud inimestest ei ole huvitatud uuendustest, mis jätaks neile märksa tagasihoidlikuma rolli ja teistele ei lähe lihtsalt tervishoiu korraldamise detailid ja argumendid midagi korda.
Parimal juhul saab üks blogi lugejatele pakkuda arvamusavaldusi ja argumente, mis kipuvad tähelepanuta jääma juba ainuüksi nende pikkuse ja detailsuse tõttu, mis välistab nende avaldamise traditsioonilisemas meedias. Üks põhjalikum levinumate seisukohtade kriitika annab ehk alust alternatiive natuke tõsisemalt võtta, kuid märksa tõenäolisemalt jääb see lihtsalt üheks marginaalseks ürituseks, mida on kõige hõlpsam lihtsalt ignoreerida.
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